User:Astien/Oblivion

Oblivion Vanilla Enhanced 2017

An up to date, ENB compatible guide focused on improving Oblivion's visuals without drastically altering anything from its original appearance. This guide assumes that the user has Shivering Isles and KOTN installed, anyone that doesn't can just skip over the DLC related mods though. Oblivion Reloaded isn't included, but given its popularity I'm going to mention which mods to ignore if you want to use it with this modlist. Any mid to high range pc should be able to get very good performance using this guide. CPU matters most for Oblivion and using an i5 4670k @ 4.0 Ghz I generally get a solid 60 fps at 1440p. For the best results this is meant to be followed from top to bottom, though you can skip over any mods you don't like or replace them with an alternative if you want.

Feel free to use the mod manager of your choice while going through the guide, but I'm going to assume that the user is installing everything manually and will only mention using a mod manager when it's necessary. Before starting, it's a good idea to install the game outside of the Program Files folder so you don't have to deal with any UAC issues. As you follow the guide, unless I say otherwise you should just download and extract the mods to the appropriate directories, overwriting anything that was already there. 7zip is a good program for dealing with zip files if you don't already have one.

For those who may be interested, I've also made a short gameplay enhancement guide based around Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (OOO). Despite being a gameplay overhaul, OOO also includes some visual modifications of its own. So to keep the two guides compatible I'll make note of the mods you can ignore that would be redundant when using OOO.

Click here for screenshots with and without ENB

[ Video 1 with ENB]

[ Video 2 with ENB]

[ Video 3 without ENB]

Suggested In-game Options

• Brightness: 50%
• Texture Size: Large
• Tree Fade: 100%
• Actor Fade: 100%
• Item Fade: 100%
• Object Fade: 100%
• View Distance: 100%
• Grass Distance: 100%
• Distant Land: On
• Distant Buildings: On
• Distant Trees: On
• Self Shadows: Off
• Shadows on Grass: Off
• Tree Canopy Shadows: On
• Shadow Filtering: High
• Specular Distance: 100%
• HDR Lighting: On
• Bloom Lighting: Off
• Water Detail: High
• Water Reflections: On
• Water Ripples: Off
• Window Reflections: On
• Blood Decals: On
• Distant Land: On
• Anti-aliasing: Off

Under Gameplay options, I would also suggest turning off "Save on Travel" as it has been known to cause problems. You may want to grab an Autosaver mod off the Nexus instead.

Tools

Name	Description	Installation
BOSS	Used to automatically sort the load order of your plugins.	Download "BOSS.Archive.7z" and extract the files to a new folder. Rename the folder "BOSS" and move it to your main Oblivion directory. Run the program with BOSS.exe.
Wrye Bash	Mod manager that is also used for creating the Bashed Patch.	Download "Wrye Bash 306 Standalone Executable" near the bottom of the page and extract the Mopy folder to your main Oblivion directory. When you open Wrye Bash for the first time, right-click the top bar and uncheck "Lock Load Order".
TES4LODGen	Used for generating distant LOD objects.	Download the main file and extract the exe to your main Oblivion directory. You should rerun this program anytime you change your load order.
Landscape LOD generator tes4ll-v5	Used for generating distant LOD meshes and normal/color maps.	Download "Landscape LOD generator 5_03" at the bottom of the page and extract the files into your Oblivion/Data folder. Rerun this program anytime you download a mod that changes the landscape.
Multi Purpose GUI	A GUI for running tes4ll.	Download the main file and run the setup.exe. I would suggest installing the program at Oblivion/Data/ini/tes4ll for ease of use.
4GB Patch	Allows users with a 64-bit(x64) operating system to use more memory when running Oblivion. Don't use this if you are on a 32-bit(x86) OS or if you're unsure.	Run the program and select your Oblivion.exe file.
OBSE	Oblivion Script Extender adds new scripting functionality to Oblivion and is a requirement for many mods.	Download obse_0021.zip and obse_loader.zip at the top, and extract them to your main Oblivion directory in that order. Click yes when asked to overwrite.
MoreHeap	Supposedly makes Oblivion more stable.	Download and extract the dll file to your main Oblivion directory. Run the game once and you should see a "MoreHeap.ini" show up in your Oblivion directory. Open the file and change both values to 768, save and close.
(Optional) Oblivion mod manager	Very simple mod manager for anyone not using Wrye Bash.	Download the full manual version and extract to your main Oblivion directory.

OBSE Mods & Unofficial Patches

Name	Description	Installation
EngineBugFixes	Fixes bugs, as you may have guessed from the name.	Extract main file to Oblivion directory. Find the EngineBugFixes.ini, open and set all the patches at the bottom to 0. If you understand what they do and want to leave them enabled then go for it.
Oblivion Graphics Extender	Oblivion Reloaded's predecessor. Obviously you want to skip this one if you are using Oblivion Reloaded. We'll be downloading the core-retro version and using it solely for better quality water reflections.	Download "OBGE Core - Retro 3-0-0" from the Old Versions and extract only the OBGEv2.dll to your OBSE/Plugins folder. Run the game once to create an OBGE.ini in your Documents/My Games/Oblivion folder which we'll configure later on.
Oblivion Stutter Remover	Prevents or mitigates a number of issues related to stuttering and framerates, and can reduce the frequency of stutter related crashes.	Download "OSR_4-1-37" and extract the Data file to your Oblivion directory. Open the sr_Oblivion_Stutter_Remover.ini and make the following changes: bReplaceHeap = 1, fMaximumFPS = 60, iHeapSize = 768. You can change max fps to anything you want.
OneTweak	Borderless windowed mode + no crashing when you ALT+TAB.	Extract the OneTweak.dll and OneTweak.ini to your OBSE/Plugins folder.
Unofficial Oblivion Patch	Fixes lots of stuff.	Download both files and extract the Unofficial Oblivion Patch to your Oblivion/Data directory. Save the QTP3 Compatibility Patch file for later.
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch	Fixes lots of stuff in SI.	Download and extract.
Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches	Fixes lots of stuff in the DLC plugins.	Download and extract, goes without saying but you should only use the esps for the DLC that you own.

Base Texture Packs

really textured normal maps - SI skip weapons, armor. normal skip trees qarls texture pack 3 uop qtp patch bomrets texture pack for SI

User Interface

darnified ui - clean up compass frame and scaling size color map mod coloured enemy health red dot crosshair fov modifier - not needed with reloaded morths local map nONatees colored SI map UI controls for oblivion - optional for controller users Oblivirim - optional for controller users

INI Tweaks

You can find your Oblivion.ini file in "\Documents\My Games\Oblivion". I would suggest setting your ini to read-only once you've finished making changes, so that the Oblivion launcher doesn't overwrite any of your settings in the future. You can find your OBGE.ini file in the same folder, and there's no need to set that one to read-only.

[Fonts]
;SFontFile_1=Data\Fonts\Kingthings_Regular.fnt
sfontfile_1=Data\Fonts\DarN_Kingthings_Exeter_28.fnt
;SFontFile_2=Data\Fonts\Kingthings_Shadowed.fnt
sfontfile_2=Data\Fonts\DarN_Kingthings_Petrock_14.fnt
;SFontFile_3=Data\Fonts\Tahoma_Bold_Small.fnt
sfontfile_3=Data\Fonts\DarN_Kingthings_Petrock_16.fnt
;SFontFile_4=Data\Fonts\Daedric_Font.fnt
SFontFile_4=Data\Fonts\DarN_Oblivion_28.fnt
;SFontFile_5=Data\Fonts\Handwritten.fnt
SFontFile_5=Data\Fonts\Handwritten.fnt

[Landscape]
fLandTextureTilingMult=3.0000

[Archive]
SInvalidationFile=

[General]
SIntroSequence=
SOblivionIntro=

Architecture, Dungeons & Landscape

arena hd arena redone hd - basin of renewal only better chapel altars bettys sewer textures caves retexture cloud ruler temple hd detailed terrain evandars snow texture replacer - palepassice only farm fence retexture geckos ayleid ruins textures v2 parallax geckos fort interior textures geckos imperial dungeon textures 2k parallax hires road texture qtp3 replacement hirez architecture- daedric statues improved signs kvatch hd oblivion realm hd rocks retexture statues HD

Flora & Water

better nirnroot - hires enhanced vegetation enhanced vegetation darker trunks enhanced vegetation SI - optional enhanced water - skip if wanting reloaded water enhanced water SI - skip if wanting reloaded water foaming falls tree bark hd reduced improved doors and flora improved trees and flora improved trees and flora 2 improved fruits vegetables and meats mandrake retexture new shadows for trees ooo water weeds real lava

Character Improvements

beautiful arena spectator elaborate eyes simplified emperors face redone IFT improved facial textures IAFT improved argonian facial textures natural faces lifelike eye normalmaps

Weapons, Armor & Clothing

weapon improvement project improved amulets and rings initial glow redux insanitys armory madness armor and weapons retex by mos mythic amber armor recoloured underwear - black visually improved staffs visually improved staffs for OOO - OPTINAL obviously

Animals & Creatures

akatosh retexture improved flame atronachs - i skipped the fireparticle texture improved storm atronachs - get the shock retex mythic animals mythic creatures mythic ghost and goblins mythic madness realistic horse eyes

Weather & Environment

animated window lighting system and chimneys autumn trees better window environmental map dousing the flames falling stars improved fire and flames improved lightbeam - skip meshes, caused invis hands natural environments - needs detailed info particled ayleid stones RD natural weather unofficial test fix smoke and dust improved sky textures - make sure to copy to nat environments folder improved moons

Miscellaneous

Alluring potion bottles v3 - not needed with ooo Alluring Wine Bottles with Real Glass - not needed with OOO book jackets: oblivion book jackets: kotn grimbots dlc book jackets - not needed with ooosi graphic improvement project GW71 life detect high quality rugs highres varla and welkynd stone replacer hires hay bail textures hires pewter hires silver and gold clutter hires soul gems improved skulls and bones and ironwork isathars improved tapestries magic effect replacer and enhanced ver - dont overwrite atronach shock retex mesh improvement project nighteye shader replacement painters touch painters variation OPTIONAL better ropes darooz upperclass clutter lower clutter russian mod with its update

oblivion symphonic variations music suite

Distant Landscape

koldorns lod noise replacer - oblivion reloaded includes its own terrain noise texture really aevwd - ayleid statue

evenstars colourwheel lod update - the big fps hit

Finishing up

• Sort load order using BOSS.exe
• Make Bashed Patch
• run tes4lodgen
• run tes4ll
• hardware AA/AF if not using enb

ENB

cinematic enb

Credits

You can contact me on the Nexus.